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On 16 December 2011, the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, the Beijing Public Security Bureau (i.e. the Chinese police) and the Beijing Communication Administration Bureau (i.e. the local branch of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) jointly issued the Beijing Municipality Several Provisions on the Administration of the Development of Microblogs (the "Provisions") which took effect on the same date

On 29 December 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT"), the internet and telecoms industry regulator promulgated the Regulating the Internet Information Service Market Order Several Provisions (the "Internet Information Service Provisions"